Greenberg Traurig’s LEEP Program is Designed to Boost the Success of Emerging Technology Entrepreneurs and Investors
Greenberg Traurig’s Emerging Technology Practice is a multidisciplinary legal team focused on representing entrepreneurs and investors. Our LEEP(Launch, Emerge, Expand, Propel) Program is designed to provide start-ups and early-stage companies with the education, mentorship, connections, and legal guidance needed to help them succeed.
We guide emerging technology companies through all the stages of their development, from initial business formation, through angel or venture capital financing, to initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions. We also understand the needs of entrepreneurs and their investors, as well as the challenges they face.
“Greenberg Traurig’s Emerging Technology Practice has been able to assist a wide range of businesses in this industry through every phase of their growth,” said Greenberg Traurig Miami office Co-Managing Shareholder Jaret L. Davis, who is a founding partner of eMerge Americas and serves as general counsel for the event. “Drawing on the firm’s broad platform, our experienced attorneys provide clients with a streamlined approach to meeting their diverse legal needs — a single team that can scale up its services as clients’ businesses grow.”
Davis led the Greenberg Traurig attorney team representing Medina Capital in its $3 billion joint venture with global private equity fund BC Partners, which comprised the acquisition of a portfolio of 57 data centers across the globe and suite of cybersecurity and data analytics companies. In addition, he served as lead shareholder of the 40+ attorney legal team representing Terremark Worldwide, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed provider of IT infrastructure, in connection with its acquisition for $2 billion by Verizon Communications, Inc. At the time of its closing, the Terremark-Verizon transaction ranked as both the largest pairing of a telco and a colocation provider and the largest transaction in the cloud computing space as well as Verizon’s largest acquisition since its acquisition of MCI in 2005.
Notable representations in the life sciences/healthcare space include Davis serving as lead shareholder of the team that represented Exactech, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed producer of orthopedic solutions, in connection with its $737 million acquisition by global private equity fund, TPG Capital.
“It is particularly rewarding to partner with emerging technology companies and investors because very often we can see how they especially benefit from Greenberg Traurig’s global reach and depth of experience in the technology sector,” Davis said. “Due to this significant platform, we regularly advise technology clients on a host of pressing legal issues, from corporate and financing transactions, IP protection and software/IT matters, to labor and employment, compensation, immigration, and tax issues.”
As legal advisors to the emerging technology industry, Greenberg Traurig attorneys also work closely with high-impact accelerator and incubator programs to address the needs of entrepreneurs. Members of the practice serve as attorneys-in-residence, company mentors and advisors, and business plan competition judges, among others, to help entrepreneurs successfully position their companies for commercialization.
Our areas of focus include:
Artifical Intelligence, Big Data & Internet of Things
Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality
We’re excited to be a part #eMergeAmericas2019! Check out our Emerging Technology Views and discover how we guide emerging technology companies through all the stages of their development.
About Greenberg Traurig, LLP: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has more than 2,000 attorneys in 39 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, was named the largest firm in the U.S. by Law360in 2017, and is among the Top 20 on the 2018 Am Law Global 100. Web: http://www.gtlaw.comTwitter: @GT_Law.
